Jacob de Leeuw is my grandfather, the grandfather I did not know that existed at all until I was thirteen or fourteen. His name was never mentioned, niether my grandmother's. All I know that he saved my father's life by convnicing him to leave for Swizterland, just before the occupation.
Now I'm t…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 25126) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.